3.0.0 2034 2019-11-15T21:50:54Z 2019-11-15T21:50:54Z Senate S S 2012-01-24 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-01-24T21:40:57Z Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012 112 2101 S 2012-02-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 320. Related bill CRS 2012-01-24 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2012-01-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2012-01-24 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-01-24 True International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Arms control and nonproliferation Chemical and biological weapons Congressional oversight Detention of persons Firearms and explosives Human rights Middle East Military procurement, research, weapons development News media and reporting Nuclear weapons Palestinians Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Protest and dissent Public contracts and procurement Sanctions Syria Technology transfer and commercialization Terrorism Trade restrictions U.S. and foreign investments United Nations Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2012-01-24 Introduced in Senate 2012-02-14T17:56:00Z Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to submit, and update every 180 days and as new information becomes available, the following lists to Congress: (1) Syrian government officials or persons acting on behalf of that government who are responsible for or complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against Syrian citizens or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Syria; (2) persons who knowingly transfer or facilitate the transfer of goods or technologies (weapons, surveillance technology, or sensitive technology) that are likely to be used by Syria to commit human rights abuses against the Syrian people; and (3) persons who engage in censorship that prohibits, limits, or penalizes the legitimate exercise of freedom of expression by Syrian citizens.

Directs the President to impose specified property and finance-related sanctions on such listed persons and make them ineligible for U.S. entry.

Authorizes the President to waive the listing of a person or the imposition of sanctions if in the U.S. national security interest.

Prohibits the head of a federal agency from entering into or renewing a contract for the procurement of goods or services with a person (or a person owning or controlling such person) that exports sensitive technology to Syria. Authorizes the President to exempt certain products from such prohibition.

Defines "sensitive technology" as hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is used to: (1) restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Syria; or (2) disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict the speech of the Syrian people.

]]> Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 Display Title Syria Human Rights Accountability Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to human rights abuses committed against the people of Syria, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2034is/xml/BILLS-112s2034is.xml 2012-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.